[7][8] BITS Pilani, Dubai offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs in engineering and business management domains under 10 academic departments.

Reacting to early criticism about the project, contemporary advisor Thomas Drew said:In my judgment to attempt to develop an American institution in India would be like trying to graft apples on a pine tree.

[14]BITS Pilani became a deemed university established under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 by notification No.

The board provided direction in developing a curriculum, selecting equipment, upgrading the library and recruiting (and training) an Indian faculty.

The Ford Foundation Evaluators...proudly noted that the Indian government, despite having given no direct financial support, was looking to BITS to provide a model for future development in education in engineering and science in India.

[16]Ghanshyam Das Birla, was born on 10 April 1894 at Pilani village, in the Indian state then known as Rajputana, as a member of the Maheshwari Marwari community.

Birla, who took over as the Chairman in 1983, realized the need for providing top class higher education facility to greater number of promising students in science and technology.

In 2006, BITS Pilani acquired 81 hectares (200 acres) of land from the Andhra Pradesh government through the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority for a new campus.

[20] The BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus opened in 2008; the school also has a virtual university[21] and an extension center in Bangalore.

[22] BITS School of Management (BITSoM) was established in January 2021 and offers a 2-year full time residential MBA.

Students from the constituent colleges have access to its amenities like food court, residential halls, markets and restaurants.

Experiment and research labs along with other facilities set up in departmental buildings or floors are also governed by their respective departments.

[30] The following multi-disciplinary centres are located in BPDC: BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus offers 4-year Integrated bachelor of engineering (B.E.)

degree in the fields of Design engineering, Microelectronics, Software Systems, Electrical (with specialization in Power Electronics and Drives).

After meeting the eligibility criteria of minimum 60% in the qualifying undergraduate degree, students are selected through an aptitude test and interview.

PhD degrees and research programmes are offered in various subject domains on a part-time and full-time basis.

The examination chiefly covers topics, based on the NCERT higher secondary curriculum, in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, and reasoning and analytical skills in Logic and English.

Since the mode of instruction is English, students who have passed the qualifying examination in a non-English medium must satisfy the minimum requirement of TOEFL or IELTS.

[38] Apart from these festivals, academic departments and student clubs organize technical, non-technical and cultural events and competitions like Technofest, Ethnic day, Spectrum, and ARTEX (Art Exhibition) throughout the semester.

It is an in-house radio that generally broadcasts various events around the campus and conducts podcasts on regular basis.